Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22779, James Fulton, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Service
Fulton, James
S. 22779
CONTENTS
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Pennsylvania 25.135
John Fulton Acord Chubb Co., in the State of Pa was a Sgt in the Co. commanded Captain ... of the ... commanded Col ... in the ...
for ... 03.33 ... 13.72 = 51.05 ... 16.6 ... Habit ...
Inscribed on the Roll of ... at the rate of ... Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of ... and ... 13. ...
Arrears to the ... Semi-annual allowance ending ...
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by ... Clerk Vol. 5 Page 19
B. M. Rep June 23/32

Pennsylvania } Chester County } ss
Before me John T Denny Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Chester aforesaid residing and being in the Borough of West Chester in said County personally came John W Cunningham Esquire Prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas etc and the said John W Cunningham Esquire de then and there upon his solemn oath by me duly administered according to law did depose and say that he has an intimate knowledge of the circumstances situation & connexion of James Fulton Esquire late a resident in the Township of West Nottingham in the said County of Chester now deceased (for the past thirty years) who at the time of his decease was an applicant as an officer & soldier of the Revolution under the act of June 7 th 1832 and further this deponent also saith that Eleanor Fulton the daughter of the said James Fulton deceased (who was intermarried with Fulton Hutchinson, which said Eleanor Hutchinson is now also deceased) was not living at the decease of the said James Fulton Esq deceased (her father) and that the said Eleanor Hutchinson has departed this life from five to seven years before the decease of her said father and further this deponent saith not
John W Cunningham
Sworn and subscribed this 26 th day of March A D 1834
Before me
J. T. Denny J. P.

Pennsylvania Chester County ss
Before me John T. Denney Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Chester aforesaid residing and being in the Borough of West Chester in said County personally came John W. Cunningham Esquire Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas etc and the said John W. Cunningham Esquire then there and then upon his solemn oath by me duly administered according to law did depose and say that he has an intimate knowledge of the circumstances situation & connexion of James Fulton Esquire late a resident in the Township of West Nottingham in the said County of Chester now deceased (for the past thirty years) who at the time of his decease was an applicant as an officer & soldier of the Revolution under the act of June 7 th 1832 and further this deponent also saith that Eleanor Fulton the daughter of the said James Fulton deceased (who was intermarried with Fulton Hutchinson, which said Eleanor Hutchinson is now also deceased) was not living at the decease of the said James Fulton Esq deceased (her father) and that the said Eleanor Hutchinson has departed this life from five to seven years before the decease of her said father and further this deponent saith not
John W. Cunningham
Sworn and subscribed this 26 th day of March A D 1834
Before me
J. T. Denney

Pennsylvania } Chester County } ss
I John W Cunningham Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Chester Do certify that John J Denny Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is now and at the time at which the same bears date was one of the Justices of the Peace of said Commonwealth duly commissioned & qualified for the said County of Chester. To all whom official acts as such full faith & credit are and ought to be given
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at West Chester in said County the Twenty sixth day of March A D 1834
John W Cunningham Pro.

Dear Father William

Pennsylvania Mifflin County ss
James Hutchison Esq of East Nottingham township, being duly sworn according to law, and Ephraim Blackburn of West Nottingham township being duly affirmed according to law declare and say that they were well acquainted with James Fulton late of West Nottingham township deceased a pensioner or applicant for pension under the act of Congress of 1832, that he died the 15 th day of February 1833, leaving no estate, that he left no widow, but left five children and the issue of a deceased child, viz: John, Joseph, Rachel, Miller, and James Jefferson Fulton; and the children of Eleanor, who was married to Fulton Hutchison; - nor did he leave any Executor or administrator. That he lived for many years with Rachel and Miller Fulton, where he died
Sworn & affirmed & subscribed in open Court Feb. 3. 1834
James Hutchison Ephraim Blackburn
John H. Cunningham Prot
And the Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county hereby declare their opinion that James Hutchison Esq and Ephraim Blackburn who have signed their names above are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit. - By the Court John H. Cunningham Prot

Pennsylvania } Chester County }
James Hutchison Esq of East Nottingham Township and John Hutchison of New London Township in the County of Chester being duly sworn according to law declare and say that they were well acquainted with Eleanor Hutchison deceased who was the wife of Fulton Hutchison of the Township of the Township of New London in said County deceased and that the said Eleanor Hutchison deceased left issue to survive her Eleven children namely Margaret Jane Hutchison - Eliza Ann Hutchison - Rachel Amelia Hutchison - James B Hutchison - John Reed Hutchison - Mary Fanny Hutchison - Fulton Ankrom Hutchison - Eleanor Miller Hutchison - David Stephen Hutchison - Joseph La Fayette Hutchison and William Augustus Hutchison - all of whom are still living and that the said Eleanor Hutchison deceased was a daughter of James Fulton Esq late of the Township of West Nottingham in said County now deceased who before his decease had made application to the Government for a pension as an officer of the Revolutionary army under the late law relating to that subject.
Sworn and subscribed } in open Court March 10 } 1834 }
John W. Bowningham Dist
James Hutchison John Hutchison
And the Court hereby certify that James Hutchison Esq and John Hutchison who have signed the foregoing affidavit are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court
John W. Bowningham Dist

James L. [?] 1850

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
Commonwealth of Penn a } Chester County } ss
On this 23 rd day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty two personally appeared before Jesse Sharp Esquire One of the Associate Judges of the several Courts of Common Pleas &c &c in and for the said County of Chester James Fulton a resident of the Township of West Nottingham in the County aforesaid aged about Eighty two years - who, being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to enable him to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress "for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers ex  serv of the revolution" passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States as an officer commissioned by the State of Pennsylvania and served as herein stated to wit
First. In the year 1776 I performed a tour of duty as a Lieutenant of Militia of two months continuance in a company commanded by Captain Joseph Gardner. This company composed a part of the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Montgomery & Lieut. Col. Evan Evans both of Chester County - Our company left home on the third or fourth day of July 1776. Rendezvoused at Philadelphia passed muster there and in obedience to orders proceeded to join General Washington in Jersey - we marched by Trenton Princeton and near Brunswick to Perth Amboy, thence, to Woodbridge and encamped on Smith's Farm where we remained until our time expired. to wit in September 1776.
The Commission held by this declarant in the campaign which he has mentioned was signed by John Morton Speaker of the House of Assembly of Pennsylvania. This he believes was the only kind of Commission
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misses extant until a militia law was passed by the State government. The commission of which he now speaks was by him preserved until about a year ago, on examining his ancient papers, it fell into his hands and he threw it into the fire, under the impression that the day had gone by, or would never come , when it could be of any use to him.
Second. In the month of December in the same year this declarant marched as a Lieutenant under the same commission upon another tour of duty. The enemy at this time had overrun or were over running the Jerseys - Gen l Washington had retreated across the Delaware into Pennsylvania for aid - our Captain being abroad and the emergency demanding decision and promptness of action this declarant, as first Lieutenant, of the company and acting under the authority of his commission collected all the men he could find willing to go and marched them to Philadelphia, where he performed duty for three weeks under General Putnam - The performance of this duty for the time specified became necessary on account of a report prevailing & being credited that, when the forces left the city, the Tories intended to rise and burn the city, and upon a request being preferred to Gen l Washington, that a guard might be left behind for the purpose of over awing the malcontents & disaffected and to protect the city, the Regiment to which this declarant belonged was designated for that duty, and directed to remain. Previous to our leaving the city, the indecision of our Captain in determining whether he would join the main army or not - his being sick, or pretending to be so, and also on account of his being elected a member of the assembly. Occasioned a new election of officers to take place, and those elected, were not agreeable to all the men. This declarant altho' not satisfied with the charge, did not choose, either to leave the company or to return home, but preferring the good of his country and the success of the cause, to the gratification of personal feelings or individual comfort, continued in the service and in the same Company as a private volunteer and marched there with to join the Commander in Chief. On the 26 th day of December 1776, which was the next day, after the capture of the Hessians at Trenton this declarant together with the company to which he was attached were conveyed up the river Delaware in a Sloop to Burlington - thence to Burlington and (on the morning of

the second January, Third 1777) from thence to Trenton - Staid there under arms and under the rake of the British cannon all day, and until about eleven o'clock at night when we were ordered to march into the road leading from the ferry into town where we remained about two hours, during which time General Washington marched to Princeton - He remained at Trenton keeping up the fires until the wagons and all the baggage were marched off. Our Battalion at this time was under the command of Lieut: Col. Evan Evans. We were ordered to march as a Rear Guard with the baggage and with directions to convey it to Burlington - This we did - Staid there one day, and marched back to Trenton - Staid there two days - then moved to Head quarters which was then at Morristown - at Morristown we remained doing camp duty until our tour of duty expired.
General Mifflin of Pennsylvania commanded the Brigade and addressed those whose tour of service was out, in an excellent and animated speech using arguments to induce us to continue in the field, even tho' it should be but for four or five days, until some other troops then believed to be on their march, should arrive. - This was generally agreed to, and in so doing our tour of duty was lengthened to about two months and an half, which brought us to the middle of February and left us about one hundred and fifty miles from our homes the route we had to travel - Our Captain's name was Joseph Gardner but he never took the command - The Company, the latter part of the tour was commanded by Lieutenant Andrew Boyd.
Third Performed a Third tour of duty of two months continuance in the militia as a Lieutenant (commanding a company the circumstances explaining which will be herein narrated) The company agreeably to orders marched on the first day of October A.D. 1777. - our company was ordered to Reading where we marched to procure arms - we could not be supplied - our major ordered us back, to guard the Election then at hand - that service performed we were ordered to march immediately to join General Potter wherever he might be found, which we were informed would be some where in Chester County - We marched accordingly and fell in with him near the Fox Chase within ten or eleven miles of Philadelphia and
remained

Remained under his command until our term of service two months had expired. When this declarant left his home, upon this his third and last tour of duty, he did so, under the expectation that his captain, in obedience to the calls of his country would have appeared on duty at the head of his company, but this, he steadfastly declined to do, nor did he ever send, or give, an intimation that he would, or would not, take the command. And this declarant was directed to take the command of the company, with all its responsibilities, and with the remark that if he was to do all the labour of a captain he would be entitled to all the honour and all the profits appertaining there to -
Accordingly, this declarant did (with the approbation and under the direction and auspices of the field officers) assume the title of Captain - a title which was voluntarily conceded, and as such, continued in the command of the company - as such, passed muster received Rations & pay without any objections, whatever, and in that cha- -racter he wishes now to present himself to the consideration of the Honourable The Secretary at War. This tour of duty, was performed in a Regiment commanded by Col: George Pierce and Major John Culbertson. The Lieutenant Colonel this declarant never saw nor does he now recollect his name.
In answer to the Interrogatories which the Secretary at War has directed to be put to applicants, this declarant responds as is herein after stated.
To the first interrogatory to wit. Where and in what year were you born? This declarant answers. I was born in Scotland in the year 1751 on the second day of February old stile.
To the second to wit. Have you any record of your age and if so, where is it? This declarant answers. I have no record of my age nor ever had - if there be any it must be in the ministers book where I was baptised in Scotland.
To the third to wit. Where were you living when called into service - where have you lived since the Revolutionary War - and where do you now live? This declarant answers - I was living in the Township of East Nottingham in the coun-

ty of Chester and State of Pennsylvania where I have lived ever since the Revolutionary War until within these five years when I moved into West Nottingham in the same county where I now live
To the fourth, to wit. How were you called into service - were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute, for whom? This declarant answers.
I was called into the service, by the general voice of the people - The pressure of the times - the love of country, & my company going en masse, there being no draft then made - I never acted as a substitute - I always went in my own place.
To the fifth to wit. - State the names of some of the Generals Regular officers who were with the troops where you served - such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service? This declarant answers. As we were in a separate command, I had not an opportunity of being much acquainted with the army, and the names of many of the officers has escaped my memory - I recollect General Putnam, in Philadelphia, General Mifflin at Morristown in Jersey and Genl. Potter in Chester County as I have before stated - and I also recollect that the five Philadelphia Regiments of Militia marched with our Regt to the Jerseys They were commanded by the following named Colonels Vizt John Dickerson Daniel Roberdeau John Cadwallader Thomas McKean and Timothy Matlack - and all the general circumstances which memory enables me to relate are already mentioned in the foregoing parts of this my declaration.
To the sixth to wit. - Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed & what has become of it? - This declarant answers - I received two several Commissions as a Lieutenant. The first of them, in the year 1775. from the Legislature of Pennsylvania - signed by the Speaker of the house - I think his name was John Morton. - This commission was preserved until about one year ago and being then making an examination of my old papers it fell into my hand and under the impression that the day had passed by or would never arrive in which it would be of any use to me, I threw it in the fire -
The second -

The second was granted by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania and is signed by Thomas Wharton President. Whereof and bears date the 7 th day of May A.D. 1777. and is appended to this declaration.
To the seventh to wit - State the names of persons to whom you are known, in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution? This declarant answers. That he is known to William Carlile who can testify to a part of his Revolutionary services, he having been in the Army of the Revolution at the same time with the declarant as well as to his character - also that he is known to the Rev d R t Graham John M c Cunnigham Arthur Andrews Rev d Nathaniel Hudders Alexander Correy Israel Reynolds and Jacob Kirk either of whom the declarant believes would testify as to his character for veracity as well as to their belief in his having been a Revolutionary Soldier.
And further This declarant says, that he does not now recollect that he ever had a regular discharge for either of the tours of duty he has performed - That two of them was performed as a commissioned officer and one of them a private volunteer - two of them of two months continuance each, and one of them of two months and an half. That he has no other documentary evidence coexistent in date with his services except the two ancient papers appended to this declaration - one of which is his commission as a Lieutenant granted by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania under which he performed his last tour of duty in the service of his country, in the hour of her greatest peril and need. The other of which, is the pay list of the company which he had then, the honour to command, which was prepared in the tented field and at a time when the stoutest heart had nearly quailed for the liberties of their country - That he knows of no person now living convenient, whose testimony he can have to any part of his Revolutionary services also except William Carlile.

whose deposition is hereunto annexed. That he has been unfortunate in the business in which he was engaged - and is now depressed in circumstances and has need of the bounty of his Country. And finally. That he is now about Eighty-two years of age. That from the misfortune of broken limbs, and Rheumatic pains - the natural and common infirmities of age he is entirely unable to appear in court to testify to his declaration or to leave his home at all.
This declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn and Subscribed The day and year aforesaid before Lees Sharp Associate Judge
James Fulton
We Matthew Wilson residing in the Township of East Nottingham and John W Cunningham residing in the Township of New London in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Fulton who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be Eighty two years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides and elsewhere to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and Subscribed this 23 d day of October A D Before Lees Sharp Associate Judge
Matthew Wilson
John W Cunningham

And I the said Jesse Sharp Esquire Associate Judge as aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the foregoing named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And I do further certify that it appears to me that Matthew Wilson and John W. Cunningham who have signed the preceding certificate are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit as witness my hand this 23 d day of October A D 1832 and also I do further certify that by reason of bodily infirmity the said applicant cannot attend before the Court
Jesse Sharp Associate Judge
Chester County ss
I John W. Cunningham Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Do certify that Jesse Sharp Esquire who has certified the foregoing attestations is duly commissioned and qualified Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chester in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at West Chester in said County This Thirtyfirst day of October in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty two
John W. Cunningham Proth.

William Carlile being duly sworn according to law doth depose & say that he is well acquainted with James Fulton now of West Nottingham Township in the County of Chester & State of Penna & that he knew him before and during the Revolutionary War. That the said James Fulton to the certain knowledge of this deponent did perform two several tours of military duty in the War of the Revolution and in the year 1776.7 as a commissioned officer with the rank of Lieutenant and both of them in a company commanded at one time by Captain Joseph Gardner at the other by Lieut. a Boyd - That this deponent was a private volunteer in a company commanded by Captain James McDowell and that during the first tour both the companies belonged to the same Regiment - that both companies marched together from Chester County to Philadelphia - that they were conveyed together in Hallsaps from Philadelphia to Trenton - marched together from thence to Perth Amboy & Smith's Farm, where they were encamped together and where they were both discharged at the same time.
And also this deponent further says that during the second tour of duty Captain McDowell's Company to which this deponent belonged and Capt Gardner's company in which Lieutenant Fulton served  served as a private volunteer were conveyed together in Row Gallaps from Philadelphia to Bristol at the same time - that the said two companies served the whole tour in the same Battalion and were both discharged at the same time at Monmouth and that the said two tours of duty were each of two months continuance, or more. And further that the said Lieutenant James Fulton and this deponent lived near neighbours almost the whole of the time which has elapsed since they first became acquainted and that they have always been upon intimate terms - and also further that the said James Fulton is a man of excellent character and has served his country faithfully for the time which this deponent has stated and further saith not
Sworn and subscribed this 26 th day of October A.D. 1832 Before
Jesse Sharp Associate Judge
W m Carlile

Arthur Andrew being duly sworn according to Law do depose and say that he is well acquainted with James Fulton now of West Nottingham township in the County of Chester and State of Pennsylvania and that he knew him before and during the Revolutionary war that the said James Fulton to the certain knowledge of the deponent did perform the first and second terms of duty in the war of the Revolution in the Years 1776-7 in the Capacity as he has stated in his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that the deponent was in the same Regiment and were both discharged at the same time. the deponent knew the said James Fulton to be an active & efficient Officer during the Revolutionary war.
Sworn and subscribed this 25 th Day of October A.D. 1832 before Jesse Sharp Associate Judge
Arthur Andrew his Mark
County of Chester ss I John W Cunningham Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chester Do Certify that Jesse Sharp Esq. who has certified the foregoing attestation is duly Commissioned and qualified an associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chester & State of Pennsylvania
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at West Chester in the said County of Chester this thirty first day of October A.D. 1832
John W Cunningham Post

Bentley
22 779 INVALID.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Wm D.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
James Fulton which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No - see Quere 5 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
no - see Quere 16
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
• QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

In the NAME and by the AUTHORITY of the FREEMEN of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ,
The SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of the said Commonwealth,
To James Fulton Gentlemen —
WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be First Lieutenant of a company of Foot in the Second Battalion of Militia, in the County of Chester — You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of First Lieutenant — by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereto belonging. And We do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as First Lieutenant . And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Supreme Executive Council of this Commonwealth, or from your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, and in Pursuance of the Acts of Assembly of this State. This Commission to continue in Force until your Term, by the Laws of this State, shall of Course expire.
GIVEN under the lesser Seal of the Commonwealth, at Philadelphia, this Seventh Day of May — in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Seven —
ATTEST.
J. M'Call
Robt. Morris Pres

James Fulton S.F. 22479. Pa.
A pay roll of Capt. James Fulton's co. of the 5 th class C.C.A. under Col. George Peirce; for two months commencing Oct. 1, 1947. has been removed from this case to be forwarded to the War Dept.
AW
OCT 2 - 1916
Sent to War Dept. Jan'y 16, 1913

Power of attorney case of James Fulton Pennsylvania
Oct 14 - 32 Ex 6 LE Hassler
Present

D State,
POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
State of Pennsylvania
County of Chester
Isaac Spear a Justice of the Peace
Be it known that before me
personally appeared James Fulton aged 51 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of James Fulton who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of Pennsylvania and that he died on the fourteenth day of February 18 33 and that his mother named Margaret died on the 29 day of July 18 18 and that they were married on the 28 day of November in the year 17 81 and that they were residents of Chester County in the State of Pennsylvania and that they resided there seventy nine years, and that he resides in Chester County Pennsylvania and that furthermore he doth BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorises irrevocably and with powers of substitution—F. E. Hassler of Washington City, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government Officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due him as the heir of the said James Fulton who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity he is or may be entitled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF he has on this fourteenth day of September 18 52 , hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal.
James Fulton 
Witness: Joseph H. Hutchinson
Witness: Ebenezer Spear
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and Sworn to before me, on the fourteenth day of September 18 52
Isaac Spear J. P.
At the same time personally appeared before me Isaac Spear one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County two credible and disinterested witnesses named Joseph H. Hutchinson and Ebenezer Spear both residents of the aforesaid County and State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself, that he has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that James Fulton was a Revolutionary soldier and that James Fulton is a son of James Fulton and was by him always treated as and is by the witnesses believed to be the legitimate son of the said Revolutionary Soldier.
Joseph H. Hutchinson 
Ebenezer Spear 
Sworn to before me the day and year first above written.
Isaac Spear J. P.
State of Pennsylvania
County of Chester
to wit:
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That Isaac Spear Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine. as I truly believe
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Chester County Court of Com.
mon Pleas this twenty seventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty two 18 52
William Willeston Deputy of said Court
per Geo. B. Davis
Clerks
* If a Widow applies state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."

for the name of your child

War Department Pension Office
15 Feb 1834
The claim of James Fulton dec d has been examined and the papers are herewith enclosed. As the children of Elanar, who int d with Fulton Hutchinson are not named, and as they are the legal representatives of their deceased Mother, who was the daughter of the Claimant, it is necessary that their names properly certified be forwarded to the department, to be embodied in the Certificate
I have the honour to be very Respectfully Your obed t Serv t J L Edwards
Hon D. Potts House of Representatives.